Rolly Romero wasn’t impressed with Ryan Garcia’s use of Mayweather’s shoulder roll or pretty much anything else Garcia did Saturday night in his first fight with new trainer Derrick James in his corner. However, Romero was glad that Garcia called him after the eighth-round knockout of Oscar Duarte at the Toyota Center in Houston. The WBA featherweight champion, who is recovering from an undisclosed injury, would welcome a rematch with Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) that he has long wanted in what Romero believes is one of the most marketable pay-per-view bouts in boxing. . which can be assembled. “I just have to see, you know? Romero told Fight Hype in an interview posted on its YouTube channel Sunday morning. “If this fight happens, I don’t want to say too much because maybe I say two or three words and he could get depressed and retire for a year. Or as I said, we don’t know what really is, what’s really there. Like, maybe he’s talking about a donkey. Maybe it’s bullshit! We don’t know. But I know that if the fight is signed, it will be one of the biggest draws of the year.
“It’s going to be one of the biggest pay-per-views this year, if not the biggest, because it’s a long-awaited fight. I’ve been calling him since 2017, April 2017, April 20, 2017. I know it. has to mean something to me when I remember the date remember. So this is a fight that I’ve been waiting for a long time, the boxing media, the boxing fans, everybody. You know, it’s just one of those mega fights. Romero (15-1, 13 KO) was scheduled to defend his WBA 140-pound title at the end of September against the winner of Ohara Davies and Ismael Barroso on the 20th. until March England’s Davies (25-2, 18 KOs) and Venezuela’s Barroso (24-4-2, 22 KOs) were scheduled to fight for the WBA interim 140-pound crown on the Garcia-Duarte undercard on Saturday night, but a visa issue for Davies caused it failure suspension Romero, a native of North Las Vegas, defeated Barroso by ninth-round TKO on May 13 at the Las Vegas Cosmopolitan. However, the result sparked controversy when critics claimed referee Tony Weeks stopped the fight, which saw Romero down on all three scorecards, too soon after Romero clearly hurt the 40-year-old Barroso in the ninth round. Meanwhile, Garcia knocked Duarte out in the eighth round in Garcia’s first fight since Gervonta Davis knocked out Victorville, Calif. , in the seventh round of the Showtime Pay-Per-View main event on April 22 at the T-Mobile Arena. in Las Vegas. Vegas. Mexico’s Duarte (26-2-1, 21 KO) waited too long to step up and was counted out by referee James Green in the main event live on DAZN. A new date for the Davies-Barroso fight has not been announced and it is not known if the WBA will allow Romero to fight Garcia later. However, this is clearly the fight Romero wants. “I mean, you get me, h!t, you get me, the world’s greatest salesman, you know? Romero said. “And then you get, you know, a beautiful princess? So that sounds like a good time, sounds like a good time. Asked if he could be ready in March or April, Romero said of their fight schedule: “I hope so. I’m still working on a few things, you know? I wasn’t feeling well, you know? Yes, but I think it sounds nice. Regarding his health, Romero added, “You know, I’m getting better. I’m getting better. Yeah, I’m getting better.